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Donald Thomson (1901 – 1970) was an Australian anthropologist who was largely responsible for turning the Caledon Bay Crisis into a "decisive moment in the history of Aboriginal-European relations". He is remembered as a friend of the Yolngu people, and as a champion of understanding, by non-Indigenous Australians, of the culture and society of Indigenous Australians. 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
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In 1932-1934, a series of killings in Caledon Bay in Northern Australia threatened to create even deeper rifts between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, but, largely because of one man, it instead became a turning point towards reconciliation. ...
Location of Yolngu (yellow, top right) in the Northern Territory For Yolngu language see Yolngu Matha. ...
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He studied zoology and botany at the University of Melbourne, and when he graduated in 1925 joined the Melbourne Herald as a cadet, also marrying Gladys Coleman in the same year. He then studied for a one-year Diploma course in anthropology at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1928, and then set off on an eight-month journey, working with and recording the Indigenous people of Cape York. On his return, he was falsely accused of dishonesty, because of the loss of some funds which much later was traced to fraudulent activity by a staff member of the Australian National Research Council. This unhappy episode forever damaged his relationship with other anthropologists at Sydney. The Old Quad Building, formerly Old Law The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia, after the University of Sydney. ...
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After another trip to Cape York in 1929, Thomson joined the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Research in Melbourne, and in 1932 joined the University of Melbourne as a Research Fellow, obtaining his PhD in 1934. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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In 1932-33, as the Caledon Bay crisis erupted, Thomson offered his services to the Federal Government to resolve the crisis, and to the surprise of the government succeeded in doing so. (See the article on the Caledon Bay Crisis for the story of his achievements in this arena). His success had long-term ramifications for the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, and is regarded as the crowning achievement of his life. In 1932-1934, a series of killings in Caledon Bay in Northern Australia threatened to create even deeper rifts between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, but, largely because of one man, it instead became a turning point towards reconciliation. ...
In 1932-1934, a series of killings in Caledon Bay in Northern Australia threatened to create even deeper rifts between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous Australians, but, largely because of one man, it instead became a turning point towards reconciliation. ...
Indigenous Australians are the first inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands, continuing their presence during European settlement. ...
He formed a strong bond with the Yolngu people, and in 1941 he persuaded the Army to establish a Special Reconnaissance Force of Yolngu men, including Wonggu and his sons, to help repel Japanese raids on the northern coastline of Australia. Location of Yolngu (yellow, top right) in the Northern Territory For Yolngu language see Yolngu Matha. ...
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In 1942, as the war moved northward from the Australian coast, the Special Reconnaissance Force was disbanded, and Thomson returned to the Air Force. He was badly injured in action in Dutch New Guinea, and spent the rest of his war in hospital before being discharged from the Armed Forces. This article is about the year. ...
Dutch New Guinea was a common name of western New Guinea while it was a colonial possession of the Netherlands. ...
Thomson in Central Australia
In 1957, Thomson carried out the Bindubu (Pintupi) Expedition to the Western Desert to make contact with Pintupi there. 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Pintupi is an Australian Aboriginal language. ...
This was Pintupi's first contact with Europeans, and almost the last Indigenous Australian group white Australians made contact with (the very last was a group of Pintupi in 1984). Pintupi is an Australian Aboriginal language. ...
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Thomson again demonstrated his excellent ethnographic skills. The photographs taken here, like those he took in the 1930s in Arnhem Land, have become invaluable historical records for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians, particularly for the Pintupi. Ethnography (from the Greek ethnos = nation and graphe = writing) refers to the qualitative description of human social phenomena, based on months or years of fieldwork. ...
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He lived with the Pintupi, and like them, through much of the 1950s and '60s.
He returned to the University of Melbourne and continued working there until his death in 1970. His ashes were flown to the Northern Territory and, accompanied in the plane by two of the sons of Wonggu, were scattered over the waters of Caledon Bay. The Old Quad Building, formerly Old Law The University of Melbourne, located in Melbourne, Victoria, is the second oldest university in Australia, after the University of Sydney. ...
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References - Thomson, D., & Peterson, N., 1983,“Donald Thomson in Arnhem Land”, Miegunyah Press, Melbourne. Revised ed. publ. 2003, ISBN 0-522-85063-4
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